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Old Aug 20, 2004 | 01:36 AM
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Here she is at the dealer...

Love the car

Rims are only 16", but will be bigger.
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Old Aug 20, 2004 | 01:42 AM
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congrats and nice car! what kind of rims are you planning to get?
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Old Aug 21, 2004 | 06:12 AM
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Probably factory look-alikes in 19". But nothing is yet certain. Could be also some 20" chrome rims...

But it won't be until next spring. think I'll drive those standard tires off first - it shouldn't take very long
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Old Aug 21, 2004 | 06:27 AM
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Still looks good with the 16s. I thought the SP came with the 18s as standard or did you have an option just to add the sport suspension?
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Old Aug 21, 2004 | 06:37 AM
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In Finland we don't have the sport package option, in fact we don't have any kinds of packs. So I just went for the sport chassis only..

18" wheels+tires would have been ~3300? So aftermarket is the way to go...
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Old Aug 21, 2004 | 06:45 AM
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Makes sense.
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Old Aug 21, 2004 | 01:21 PM
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Probably factory look-alikes in 19". But nothing is yet certain. Could be also some 20" chrome rims...

But it won't be until next spring. think I'll drive those standard tires off first - it shouldn't take very long?
my personal thinking is if you want to change rims, change them as soon as you pick up the car and don't even let the stock rims have more than a few miles on. otherwise you won't be able to sell them in good price...unless you want to keep them and put them back on when you sell your car.
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Old Aug 21, 2004 | 01:32 PM
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the standard rims are very difficult to sell. I still got mine. cant sell them.
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Old Aug 21, 2004 | 02:42 PM
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I have the standard rims. They dont look as bad as people think.

I am thinking about changing them but I will not go 'BUD" the chrome stuff. I am not a fan of chrome rimms.
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Old Aug 21, 2004 | 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by E60525d' date='Aug 21 2004, 03:32 PM
the standard rims are very difficult to sell. I still got mine. cant sell them.
Under the car they look kinda small I think. The car looks to big in comparison to the rims. 17 inch are better but with 18 inch it looks more in place and compared to the rest of the car the fit in the best IMHO
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